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Curricula vitae
Ana Rioja Nieto is a Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy of the
Complutense University of Madrid. Her main research fields are the
Philosophy of Nature, the Philosophy of Physics and the History of
Science. Among her recent books are Teorías del Universo, vol. 3, De Newton
a Hubble (together with J. Ordóñez; Síntesis, 2006) and Galileo en el infierno.
Un diálogo con Paul Feyerabend (together with J.L. González Recio, Trotta,
2007). One of her latest contributions is “The Size of the Universe: a
Problem for Natural Philosophy”, in J. L. González Recio (ed.), Philosophical
Essays on Physics and Biology (written together with J. Ordóñez; Georg
Olms, 2009). She has coedited the book Exposición del Sistema del mundo de
Pierre-Simon Laplace (Crítica, 2006) and edited ‘Del Movimiento’ de G.
Berkeley (prefaced bilingual annotated edition, Escolano & Mayo, 2009).
Andrés Rivadulla Rodríguez is a Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy
of the Complutense University of Madrid. His main research fields are the
History and Philosophy of Physics, the History and Philosophy of
probability theory and mathematical statistics, and the Epistemology and
Methodology of Science. He has published various articles on these subjects
in international journals like, among others, The British Journal for the
Philosophy of Science, Erkenntnis, and Synthese. He is also the author of four
books: Filosofía Actual de la Ciencia (Tecnos, 1986), Probabilidad e Inferencia
Científ ica, (Anthropos, 1991), Revoluciones en Física (Trotta, 2003), and
Éxito, Razón y Cambio en Física (Trotta, 2004). He has also published several
papers in collective books.
Juan Antonio Valor Yébenes is a Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy of
the Complutense University of Madrid. His main reseach fields are the
History and Philosophy of Science (especially the Philosophy of Physics)
as well as American Pragmatism. He has published the book Metodología
de la Investigación Científica (Biblioteca Nueva, 2000) and edited
Introducción a la Metodología (Antonio Machado, 2002), Pensando la
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naturaleza de las universidades europeas (Editorial Complutense, 2005) and
A Philosophical and Scientific Dialogue on Nature (Editorial Complutense,
2005). He has published about 20 papers in specialized journals and
collective books.
Carlos Castrodeza Ruiz de la Cuesta is a Professor at the Faculty of
Philosophy of the Complutense University of Madrid, where he has been
teaching since 1985, mainly History and Philosophy of Science. He
conducted experimental work for his doctoral thesis on Problems of
Speciation (1973) at Helsinki’s and Edinburgh’s Universities. Later on he
worked for a Master of Philosophy degree on Epistemic Problems in
Evolutionary Biology (1978) at Leeds University. His research output for
the last 30 years has centered on standard philosophical problems (ethical,
ontological, epistemological) contemplated from a naturalistic perspective.
Among his latest books are Los límites de la historia natural: hacia una nueva
biología del conocimiento. (Akal, 2003), La marsopa de Heidegger: el lugar de la
ciencia en la cultura actual (Dykinson, 2005), Nihilismo y supervivencia: Una
expresión naturalista de lo inefable (Trotta, 2007) and La darwinización del
mundo (Herder, 2009).
Francisco Javier Serrano Bosquet is a Professor at the Department of
Philosophy and Ethics in the ITESM, Campus Monterrey (México) where
he teaches Philosophy of Science and Ethics; he has published many papers
in specialized journals and collective books on these subjects. He
coordinates the Scientific-Technological Perspective of ITESM, and is also
the coordinator of the area of Humanities and Social Studies on Science in the
Annual Congress of Research and Development. He is as well a researcher at
the center Science and Culture in the ITESM and a member of the
Bionomos Group (UCM-Spain) since its foundation.
José Luis González Recio is a Professor at the Faculty of Philosohy of the
Complutense University of Madrid. His research is centred on the
Philosophy of Nature and the History and the Philosophy of Science, with
special attention to the History and the Philosophy of Biology. He is the
author of the books Fundamentos teóricos de la biología contemporánea
(Editorial Complutense, 1985), Teorías de la vida, (Síntesis, 2004), Biology
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and Philosophy. Sources & Documents (CERSA, 2005) and Historia de las
teorías biológicas (CERSA, 2006). He is coauthor of the books The Role of
Art in Biological Thought (CERSA, 2005), Biología y complejidad: una
aproximación bibliográfica (CERSA, 2005), and Galileo en el infierno: un
diálogo con Paul Feyerabend (together with A. Rioja; Trotta, 2007). He has
also been the editor of several books, among others, El taller de las ideas.
Diez lecciones de historia de la ciencia (Plaza y Valdés, 2005), La ciencia en su
historia. Cuestiones cardinales (CERSA, 2006), Átomos, almas y estrellas.
Estudios sobre la ciencia griega (Plaza y Valdés, 2007), and Philosophical Essays
on Physiscs and Biology (Georg Olms, 2009).
Óscar L. González-Castán is a Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy of
the Complutense University of Madrid. His main areas of interest are the
Philosophy of Mind, the Phenomenology and the Moral Philosophy. He
has published the books La conciencia errante. Introducción crítica a la filosofía
de la psicología (Tecnos, 1999), and Las direcciones de la mirada moral
(Universidad de Alcalá, 2003). His recent papers include “The Fact/Value
Entanglement as a Linguistic Illusion”, in Following Putnam’s Trail: On
Realism and Other Issues (Rodopi, 2008), “Fenomenología de la conciencia
y naturalismo” Teorema, (2008), and “Cognitive Science and Liberal
Contractualism: A Good Friendship” Revista de Filosofía (2005).
Luis Fernández Moreno is a Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy of the
Complutense University of Madrid, having taught before at the University
of León. He has published the books Wahrheit und Korrespondencz bei Tarski
(Königshausen & Neumann, 1992) and La referencia de los nombres propios
(Trotta, 2006). He has edited the book Para leer a Wittgenstein. Lenguaje y
pensamiento (Biblioteca Nueva, 2008) and coedited Cuestiones filosóficas.
Ensayos en honor de Eduardo Rabossi (Catálogos, 2008). He is the author of
about 50 papers in specialized journals and collective books, mainly on
subjects of Philosophy of Language and logical-philosophical questions.
Pedro Chacón Fuertes is a Full Professor at the Complutense University
of Madrid since 1992. He has edited the books Filosofía de la Psicología
(Biblioteca Nueva, 2000) and Pensando la mente: Perspectivas en Filosofía y
Psicología (Biblioteca Nueva, 2001). He is the author of the book Bergson o
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el tiempo del espíritu (Cincel, 1988) and of more than 30 papers, mainly on
subjects of Philosophy of Mind and Epistemology of Psychoanalysis. He
is at present Director of the Master Degree “Psychoanalysis and Philosophy
of Culture” and Head of the Department of Philosophy IV at the
Complutense University of Madrid.
Juan Hermoso Durán is a Professor of Psychology at the Cardenal
Cisneros University College, an adjunct to the Complutense University of
Madrid. His research interests lie in the fields of the Philosophy of Mind,
the Philosophy of Language, the Philosophy and History of Psychology,
and the Epistemology and Philosophy of Science. He has published several
papers on these fields, among them, those included in the books Filosofía
de la Psicología (Biblioteca Nueva, 2000), Pensando la mente: Perspectivas en
Filosofía y Psicología (Biblioteca Nueva, 2001), and La mente en sus máscaras:
ensayos de filosofía de la psicología (Biblioteca Nueva, 2005).
Antonio Blanco Salgueiro is a Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy of
the Complutense University of Madrid. His main fields of interest are the
Philosophy of Language (specially Speech Act Theory) and the Philosophy
of Mind. He has published many papers in these fields, and a book on
illocutionary force: Palabras al viento. Ensayo sobre la fuerza ilocucionaria
(Trotta, 2004).
Javier Vilanova Arias is a Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy of the
Complutense University of Madrid. His main research fields are the Logic,
the Philosophy of Logic, the Philosophy of Language, the Argumentation
Theory and the Epistemology. He has published many papers in specialized
journals and collective books on those research areas.
José María Benítez Escario is a doctoral student at the Department of
Logic and Philosophy of Science of the Complutense University of Madrid.
He has made various contributions to international congresses, especially
on Logic and Philosophy of Mind.
Antonio Benítez López is a Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy of the
Complutense University of Madrid, having taught before at the University
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of Salamanca and the University of Málaga. He has published the books
Lógica bachillera (CERSA, 2009) and Apuntes de Historia y Filosofía de la
Lógica (CERSA, 2009). He is also the author of several papers in specialized
journals and collective books, especially on Logic, History of Logic and
Philosophy of Mind.
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